Art of decorating glass



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HYLANDJOF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

ART OF DECORATING GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,671, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed December 6, 1884. (Specimens) To all whom it mayconcern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HYLAND, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theArt of Decorating Glass; andI do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skillemin the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in decorating glass or othertransparent articles,

the object of the same being to increase the brilliancy and luster ofthe decoration; and it consists in painting or printing of the l quireddesign upon the back of the article to be decorated, which is thencoloredrivith suitable transparent lacquer-colors, ,t ne back of saidcolored design then being p'rovided with a reflectent metal backing, asd for the purpose hereinafter ful'ly set forth and claimed.

To perform my improv gd ro ess of decorating glass, 820., l first zflaee upon the back of the article desired t6 be decorated an outline ofthe required -d i also the necessary shade-lines, shown in s which maybe pe umed either by painting, pllnt g, y the numerous modes now In V g6101 g the same. I then fill in th 011111111? of 5 id design withappropriate cO1PS, Wh1@h f nsist of colored lacquer, as shown 111 59 men2 Iprefer the use of coled lacquers; a s tli ey are free from the many pq 1331131 cles with which other pigments b P mitting a better reflectionof the g g i the colored surface. I then ap p yt the ltck of the coloreddesign only a i g of tirht reflectent metal, as shown in 513601111611",pon which the rays of light are reflected bacli th1*0ugh the coloreddesign. Th deslgn e pgrplaced directly upon the glass W 'fi y f' gveningtransferring-vara1 l, clear, and brilliant effect my improved process.

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is obtained.

Any of the numerous protecting media may be applied, as shown inspecimen 4; but it is not essential to achieve the object sought in myinvention, as will be readily seen by reference to the specimens.

I am aware that a bright metal has been used as a backing or reflectorin decalcomanic or transfer decorations; but as they must needs becomposed of oil-colors which are more opaque/than the colored lacquer,there is not the"brilliancy and luster to the decoration by their use asthat obtained by Again, it is necessary in the use of decalcomanie ortransfer process to interpose a coating of varnish or size bet-ween thedesign and the glass in order to make the same adhere to theglass, whichis dispensed with in my process, thereby bringing the design intoclearer view.

I am aware that the painting or printing of a design upon the back ofthe glass is not new, also that colored lacquers have been used indecorating glass; therefore I do not broadly claim them separately as myinvention; but,as far-as I am aware, they haye never been employedtogether in a decorating process as hereinbefore described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new process for decorating glass and other transparent articles,consisting of, first, painting or printing an outline design havingrequired shade-lines upon the back of the article to be decorated;second, that of filling in said outlined design with appropriate coloredlacquers; third, by coating the back of said colored design with abright reflectent metal, all being arranged and combined substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aftixmy signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM HYLAND.

Witnesses:

DANIEL CARROLL, JO N H. BARLOW.

